2017 Emmys Odds

2017 Emmys Odds

Who doesn’t love TV, right? Unless you were one of those kids who grew up in a TV-less household and were forced to read books or something…I guess your parents don’t love TV.

With the 2017 Emmys a month and change away, offshore sportsbooks have started to post odds for the major awards.

Many of the categories posted have sizable favorites, but there have been notable upsets at award shows in the past. Of course, the most infamous one has to be the La La Land/Moonlight debacle at this year’s Oscars. La La land was a -600 favorite to win best picture and was originally announced as the winner. However, once the cast and crew took the stage, it was revealed that Moonlight (+550) was the actual winner.

I doubt there will be any envelope mishaps at the Emmys, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be upsets. Check back for odds updates over the next several weeks to see how the lines are moving.

Outstanding Comedy Series

Series

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/27 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Veep

-300

-375

-375

-400

Atlanta

+250

+300

+300

+300

Black-ish

+1600

+1600

+1600

+1800

Master of None

+1800

+2500

+2500

+3000

Silicon Valley

+2800

+4000

+4000

+5000

Modern Family

+4000

+4000

+4000

+5000

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

+6000

+5000

+5000

+5000

Outstanding Drama Series

Series

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Stranger Things

+160

+150

-120

This Is Us

+190

+250

+750

The Handmaid's Tale

+350

+350

+300

The Crown

+600

+450

+450

Westworld

+1500

+1500

+1500

Better Call Saul

+3300

+4500

+5000

House Of Cards

+4500

+3300

+3300

Outstanding Limited Series

Series

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/27 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Big Little Lies

-400

-300

-175

-150

FEUD: Bette and Joan

+400

+300

+225

+175

The Night Of

+600

+600

+400

+450

Fargo

+3300

+3300

+3300

+3300

Genius

+3300

+3300

+3300

+3300

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Actor (Series)

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/27 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Donald Glover (Atlanta)

-350

-300

-275

-250

Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)

+400

+350

+325

+300

William H. Macy (Shameless)

+800

+800

+750

+700

Aziz Ansari (Master of None)

+1500

+1500

+1500

+1500

Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)

+2500

+2500

+2500

+3000

Zach Galifanakis (Baskets)

+6600

+6600

+6600

+5000

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Actor (Series)

9/17 (Bovada)

9/12 (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)

-275

-175

-160

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

+325

+225

+200

Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)

+600

+500

+500

Kevin Spacey (House Of Cards)

+3300

+3300

+3300

Matthew Rhys (The Americans)

+4000

+4000

+4000

Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)

+4000

+4000

+4000

Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)

+5000

+5000

+5000

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series/Movie

Actor (Series)

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Riz Ahmed (The Night Of)

-180

-175

-150

Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)

+150

+140

+150

Geoffrey Rush (Genius)

+1800

+1800

+800

Ewan McGregor (Fargo)

+2500

+2500

+2500

John Turturro (The Night Of)

+3000

+3000

+3300

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)

+4000

+4000

+3300

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Actress (Series)

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/27 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)

-600

-600

-600

-700

Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

+450

+450

+500

+500

Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)

+1400

+1400

+1200

+1200

Allison Janney (Mom)

+2800

+2800

+2800

+4000

Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

+4000

+4000

+4000

+5000

Pamela Adlon (Better Things)

+5500

+5500

+5500

+5000

Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)

+5500

+5500

+5500

+5000

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Actress (Series)

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Elisabeth Moss (Offred)

-400

-400

-500

Claire Foy (The Crown)

+250

+250

+250

Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder)

+2800

+2800

+3300

Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)

+2800

+2800

+5000

Robin Wright (House of Cards)

+4000

+4000

+5000

Keri Russell (The Americans)

+5000

+5000

+5000

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series/Movie

Actress (Series)

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)

-400

-400

-400

Jessiga Lange (FEUD: Bette and Joan)

+300

+250

+250

Carrie Coon (Fargo)

+1500

+2500

+3300

Susan Sarandon (FEUD: Bette and Joan)

+2500

+2500

+2000

Felicity Huffman (American Crime)

+4000

+5000

+5000

Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies

+4000

+5000

+5000

Outstanding Television Movie

Movie

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/27 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Black Mirror: San Junipero

-300

-275

-275

-275

Sherlock: The Lying Detective

+400

+350

+450

+450

The Wizard Of Lies

+450

+450

+400

+350

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks

+1600

+1800

+1500

+2000

Dolly Parton's Christmas

+5000

+5000

+5000

+5000

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Series

9/17 Odds (Bovada)

9/12 Odds (Bovada)

8/27 Odds (Bovada)

8/6 Odds (Bovada)

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

-225

-225

-220

-225

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

+280

+280

+250

+250

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

+500

+500

+500

+500

Jimmy Kimmel Live

+2000

+2000

+2800

+5000

Real Time With Bill Maher

+6600

+6600

+6600

+6600

The Late Late Show With James Corden

+6600

+6600

+6600

+6600

Originally Published August 7th

Let’s take a look at a couple of the tighter races.

Stranger Things, which Netflix subscribers may be familiar with, is the favorite to win best drama series, but oddsmakers aren’t ruling out a few other shows. In fact, the three shows with the best odds are all from internet-based streaming services and all have completed one season. I remember back in my day when we had six channels and two of them didn’t even work. Now all the best TV shows aren’t even on TV…what a world…but I digress. With all of the hype Stranger Things received, I’m surprised it isn’t favored a bit more. If you did want to take a chance on one of the dogs, The Handmaid’s Tale has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes…which is good.

For the lead actor in a drama series award, Sterling K. Brown of This Is Us is slightly favored over Bob Odenkirk of the Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul. Brown won an Emmy last year as best supporting actor in a limited series/movie for his work in The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and has taken his talents to NBC for the pilot season of This Is Us.

Although he comes from a comedic background, Odenkirk has become an A-list celeb for his work as Saul Goodman. It wouldn’t surprise me if bettors put some money down on Odenkirk given his cult-like following and even out the odds a bit more over the coming weeks.

Will you put some money down on any longshots or play it safe and bet the favorites…or play it real safe and not bet anything.